[Jacquerie]

Well, I pinged Article V opponents to inform them of the foundational and federal similarity between the electoral college and an amendments convention.

We have never had a ‘runaway’ electoral college because electors are statutorily responsible to their states. For the very same reason there is no reason to fear a runaway amendments convention.

But yes, the wild comments from those who claim to support free, republican government while they simultaneously oppose an amendments convention is ridiculous.

[LibertyBorn]

As I already pointed out in my first post here, the Electoral Collage is not even close to a valid comparison with the authority delegates have at a convention.

However, if one recalls, the last Republican Primary, the intent by Ron Paul proponents as to subvert the electoral process and the primaries, and to stack the delegates with Ron Paul supporters.

Paul supporters were denied there obscene perversion by the GOP at the Convention, but at a Convention of the States, there will be no such authority applicable.

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[Moseley]

We have never had a ‘runaway’ electoral college because electors are statutorily responsible to their states. For the very same reason there is no reason to fear a runaway amendments convention.

But delegates to an amendments convention are NOT statutorily responsible to their states nor responsible to the states in any other way. Indeed, there is no reason to expect that the delegates to an Article V convention will even come from the States. Under the language of Article V, Congress could call a convention of academics from Harvard Law School or from Members of Congress.

Attempts by Roman Buhler to FIRST pass laws in at least 14 States and amend the state constitutions to protect against unfaithful delegates or runaway amendments have been consistently REJECTED by the COS movement as unnecessary.